P-40 Squadron in Action Question

It was a mix. Just after Pearl Harbor a group of AVG pilots were sent from China to Egypt to pick up some P-40E's that were originally delivered to the RAF. These were in desert camouflage and hastily repainted at waystations between there and China. I don't think any two or three paint schemes looked alike in that bunch.

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on 7/14/2008 11:57 PM Gray Ghost said the following:

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Frank

Look up the Osprey AVG book, which seems to have the latest, most accurate gen.

I've heard comments from AVG fliers that spinners were OD only, squadron colors on P-40s were after they were turned over to USAAF.

Other than that, any generic RAF color scheme will work, or all OD.

If you do enough research, you'll find colors were pretty much an open question for most of WWII. Especially if you get into shades of OD and all that.

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There are a few rare color pictures of AVG planes. Anything else is someone's guess, some more informed than others, but guesses. Unless you have a color photo or contemporary painting, your educated guess is the way to go. Look up the various versions of Roy Brown's Camel to see how bad it can be.